Kenyan small scale farmers increasingly move from growing food crops to herbal stimulant
Kenyan small scale farmers in central Kenya are increasingly moving from growing food crops to planting and harvesting an herbal stimulant known locally as...
AFGRI Technology Services forms partnership with Aerobotics, world-leading agritech tree crop data analytics company
AFGRI Technology Services (ATS), the strategic innovation and growth division of AFGRI Agri Services, has partnered with Aerobotics, the Cape Town based start-up that...
Bayer committed to shaping a more sustainable food system
Bayer welcomed farmers, academics, leading global industry experts, journalists and other stakeholders for its 2019 Future of Farming Dialogue, to engage in a collaborative...
Shumani supplies diesel forklift solution to Marble Hall Farms
Industrial equipment supplier Shumani, the only black-owned and managed company of its size in the materials-handling sector, has secured a major contract to supply...
The Mega-Pests of Africa and Their Economic Effect
(Please note, the article is representing global problems but refers to Africa as a Case Study)
Typical to agrarian economies, the African economy is heavily...
Liberia, FAO sign US $436,000 project to enhance animal feed production
The government of Liberia and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed a US $436,000 project to enhance animal feed production through...
Malawi government rolls out US $95m World Bank funds for AGCOM project
The Malawi government has rolled out US $95m World Bank funds for a six year Agricultural Commercialization (AGCOM) project. The project aims at increasing...
Nigeria’s Popular Farms and Mills Ltd invests US $70m to boost agricultural production in...
Nigeria’s Popular Farms and Mills Limited, has invested over US $70m to boost production of varieties of agricultural produces especially on paddy rice and...
Picking the Right Hybrid
Can Farmers Use the Same Criteria When Picking the Right Nitrogen Source?I’ve been hearing all the chatter of the field days showcasing the latest...
Bayer Foundation creates EUR 20 million Social Innovation ecosystem fund to spur entrepreneurship for...
Beykam Diaw, with millet harvest, Toubatoul, Senegal, 2017
The Bayer Foundation today launched its new EUR 20 million Social Innovation ecosystem fund by awarding EUR...